Support for spinning-spindles



(No Model.)

J. T. MEATS.

SUPPORT PON SPINNING sPINDLPs.

No. 394,200. Patented Dee. 11.18881 N4 PETERS. Phololithognphof. Washington. D.C.

UNTTED STATES JOHN T.

MEATS, OF TAUNTON, MASSACHUSETT PATENT OFFICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 394,200, dated December 11, 1888.

Application filed J'uly 5, 1888. Serial No. 279,084. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN T. MEATS, of Taunton, county oi' Bristol, State of Massachusetts, have ii'lvented an Improvement in Supports for Spinning-Spindles, of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has for its object to improve the construction of spindle supports or bearings to insure steady running.

In my invention the bearingtube, surrounded by an outer case or holder, is provided with a lug which rests upon a spring sustained in a recess in the outer case, the said spring, besides supportin the spindle in a yieldinginanner, being also shown as aiding in preventing the rotation of the bearing-tube in the outer case, and hence I denominate the spring as a Supporting and locking spring.

My iiivent-ion consists, essentially, in the combination, with an outer case having a recess at one side aud a holder and a spring placed in the said recess, of a bearing-tube having a projecting lug to enter the said recess and rest on the said spring and sustain the said tube, substantially as will be described. l

Other features ot my invention will be hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims at the end ot this specification.

Figure l in vertical section shows a spindle bearing or support embodying` my invention, the spindle being in elevation. Fig. 2 is a section below the dotted line :13, Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a detail in vertical section ot' the upper end oi' the outer case or holder with the spring therein and the surrounding collar, the lug ot' the tube being in section and resting upon the spring and in the slot ot` the outer case; and Fig. It is a side elevation ot aportion ot' the upper end of the outer case or holder to show the spring-receiving recess therein.

The spindle o, having a sleeve-Whirl, b, and the outer case or holder, d, rail e, and nut f, are and may be all as usual, except that the said outer case or holder near its upper end is cut out to form a recess, c, (see Fig. 4,) in which is placed the supporting and locking spring g, as shown in Fig. 3, after the lug h cast or fixed to the bearing-tube m` has been placed inthe said recess, the slot 2 leading' from the recess c to the top of the tube altording passage for the lug 7L into the said recess c, The end 3 of the spring g enters the slot 2, which retains the spring in such posit-ion that the lng` 7L bears on the posit-ion +L of the spring. The lower end of the tube fm. does not bottom in the case or holder; butthe entire weight of the tube and the spindle and its load are transferred through the lug 71,. upon the spring g; and when the lug rests on the spring, as in Fig. 3, it Will be seen that the tube is not only supported in such manner that it may yield slightly vertically, but that the rotation of the tube with the spindle Vis checked.

The outer case or holder is surrounded at its upper end with. a thin collar, n, which, besides serving to keep the spring in the recess c, also serves as a shield to prevent oileseaping from the tube being thrown against the interior of the whirl, the said collar, removable from the said outer case, being extended above the top of the ease and tube, as best shown in Figs. l and The spindle above the top of the case is surrounded by a Washer, p, (shown as of conical shape) the lower end of the Washerterminating below the top of the collar n, the said Washer preventing any oil following up the spindle above the tube m from being thrown by centrifugal force against the Whirl, but compelling such oil to be thrown against the inner side of the said collar, to be again returned by grayity into the tube and case or holder.

I have shown but one spring and lng; but more may be employed, il' desired, with spindles having heavy bobbins.

In operation it has not been found necessary to give the bezuing-tube any lateral play in the outer ease or holder, the iit between the same being made only tree enough to permit of suoli vertical movement as may be permitted by the action ot the spring y, and at the same time enable the ready removal oi' the bearingtube.

The bearing-tube is turned smaller at its lower extremity, to avoid any possibility of its binding in the supporting-tube through pos- IOO sible inaccuracies of workmanship, and the tube at its outer side is provided With a groove, 5, (see Fig. 1,) to enable the oil passing up over the tube to return into the oil-chamber 6.

I claim- 1. The outer case or holder, having a recess, as c, cut into it at one side thereof, and the spring therein, combined with the bearingtube having a lug at one side to enter said recess and rest on the said spring, substantially as described.

2. The outer case or holder, having a recess, c, near its upper end, and slotted, as at 2, and the spring g, shaped as shown, one end, 3, of the spring entering the slot 2 and having an 

